The Seminole
"As the United States is a nation made up of people from many nations, so the
Seminole is a tribe made up of Indians from many tribes." (Garbarino 13) The
Seminole are the indigenous people living in southeastern America. They lived
in what is now Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and
Mississippi. The Seminole had a Muskogean language of the Hokan-Siouan stock.
(Bookshelf) The Indian tribes found in the southeast were the Creek, Choctaw,
Chickasaw, Cherokee, Yuchi, Yamassee, Apalachicola, Timucua, and Calusa. The
southeastern Indians were described by the Spanish as being tall with
complexions ranging from olive, to brownish. The Indians in the ...
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By about the year 1775, they began to be known by the name Seminole, which
is derived from the Creek word simanoli, meaning "separatist," or "runaway".
The name, Seminole, could also originate from the Spanish word cimarron, meaning
"wild." Also joining the migrants were Indian and Negro slaves, who fled from
the power struggles between the Americans and the Indians. (Seminole 626)
The Indians who moved to Florida all had similar ways of life. After their
migration, they kept many of the qualities of their original culture. Their
natural environment affected every aspect of their culture and life. The
environment determined what food they ate, what clothing they could wear, the
houses that they could build, and how to live in them. The environment even
influenced the language and rituals. Due to this involvement with Nature, they
revered all of Nature. (Garbarino 13)
The landscape in which the Seminole lived was composed of fertile valleys, thick
woods, and low ...
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also ate alligator meat,
turtle meat, shellfish, and fresh and salt-water fish. (Garbarino 15)
The Indians lived in villages that ranged in size from 20 to 100 houses and in
population from 100 to more than one thousand. The homes were most likely to be
built around a square or town plaza. The central area of the square was left
for ceremonial purposes. The chief's house, a meeting hall, storage building,
and often the home of an important medicine man or religious leader surrounded
the square. Around these buildings, the townspeople made their homes.
(Garbarino 20)
Early Seminoles used to build log cabins, but later on they began to live in
basic shelters with thatched roofs ...
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